3Di, Inc., which offers 3D Internet solutions (Head office: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director and CEO: Satoshi Koike), announces the public beta release of "3Di Immersive Seminar" (hereinafter referred to as the Service), a next-generation online seminar service utilizing avatars and 3D virtual worlds. 3Di, Inc. is seeking early participants to gather feedback in order to further increase the quality of its Service.
About 3Di Immersive Seminar

* Presence:high degree of realism and a feeling of presence through avatars
* Universal:participation is possible from all over the globe with a regular PC and Internet connection; no special equipment is necessary
* Immersive:compared to traditional seminars, immersive communication features make it easy to host interactive events and reach an audience more effectively
* Environment-friendly:no travel means no unnecessary CO2 emission and no unnecessary travel costs
* Safe: effective as a pandemic measure against new influenza A epidemics

The following companies have already signed up for the Public Beta Program:

Jobweb, Inc. , Shanon, Inc. , TEPCOSYSTEMS CORPORATION

The Service utilizes the 3D virtual world server 3Di OpenSim(*1) and the virtual world viewer 3Di OpenViewer(*2) to display the 3D virtual world using a regular web-browser. For interactive communication within the virtual space, VoIP (IP Telephony) technology is used that was developed in cooperation with Softfront, with which 3Di, Inc. announced a business partnership last July.

3Di, Inc. intends to use the feedback from Public Beta participant seminar organizers and seminar participants to further improve the quality and feature-set of the Service. 3Di, Inc. will announce the official release of “3Di Immersive Seminar” after the public beta period ends.

[Related websites]

3Di Immersive Seminar(Japanese only) http://seminar.3di.biz

［Glossary］
(*1) 3Di OpenSim:
The name of the server software developed and offered by 3Di for the construction of original 3D virtual worlds. It is the world’s first server software specifically designed for enterprises and based on OpenSim, which is an open source 3D Internet technology.
(*2) 3Di OpenViewer
The name of 3Di’s original viewer embedded into HTML web pages to view and interact with 3D virtual worlds in web browsers.

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